my sisters in labour 5 Weeks early & 350km from home. AHA

My sister has gone into labour 5 weeks early and in wales, (as opposed to london) What will she need?how long is she likely (all going well) to be in hospital with a 5 week prem.are they l;ikely to transfer her or is she more likely to stay in wales.

was supposed to be lending her lots of baby clothes, but they proberly won't fit a prem baby will they?

any help will be really appreciated sa I can see us dragging stuff over there tomorrow (all going well)

My sister had both her babies prem and in theory the baby stays in until around time of expected birth (in practice for her, more like 2 weeks before that). Both her babies were very well and good weight, so lots depends on factors that you don't know yet. I don't know about transfer chance.

In our experience, the babies didn't wear much in SCBU (just a nappy and a hat, possibly a vest) because of the monitors and feeding tubes.

Your sister will probably feel like a zombie (even more so as she's so far from home) and just be grateful for you to come and see her, make a fuss of her and the baby and listen to her worries.

My Ds was born at 35 weeks - he was a good size, but not terribly well at birth, and we stayed in SCBU for a week. Some babies wouldn't need to go to SCBU at that gestation though, and some take longer to start feeding well.

I suppose the transfer would depend on how long they think the baby would need in - if it's only a few days then they will prob keep them there I think, if longer would try and transfer.

She'll just need the usual stuff - vests, babygros and nappies, plus nighties/pjs for her. Pads, breastpads etc too. SCBU had plenty of clothes for DS to wear there, so don't worry about getting any till you know the weight.

Obv someone will need to take them a carseat to bring baby home too.

Where in Wales are they ? My friend had her twins in the Royal Gwent recently as there were no NICU beds where she lives, so if they need info about there, I can ask her - they were there for 4 weeks as were v tiny

withybush is quite small. If there were any problems then they would have been transferred to Swansea so mum and baby must be doing well at least your sister has your mum with her. She will be able to get stuff for her.5lb 10 sounds great for 35 weeks. My friends baby was that at 37w.